Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Whoopie Pies

I grew up with a big white cookie jar sitting on the kitchen counter. Was it filled with freshly baked cookies and treats? Piled high with brownies? Or candy bars and chocolates? Nope. This was a different kind of cookie jar. It was the place where things sort of got left behind. Old suckers from the doctor, gross-flavored cough drops and at the bottom there were always candy canes. Crushed and broken and missing their Christmas charm.

So today I’m bringing the magic back to broken candy canes (the ones I used here were new and not old)! Do you hang you canes on the tree? Suck on them while you decorate? Well now you have one more reason to love these shepherd crook candies![end-story]

Loved this Dark Chocolate mix! It works with any of my cake mix recipes that calls for Devil’s Food Cake Mix. You can also use the Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Mix if you want and even easier way to make this recipe work!

Love my cookie scoop! It’s a great stocking stuffer for any baker… just saying 🙂

Remember, cake mix cookies need to be flattened down a bit so they don’t bake up too tall! I made my cookie really big, but you can make them half the size and they will be adorable!

These are really easy to pack in a little box and give to neighbors or send in your kid’s lunch box!

17 thoughts on “Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Whoopie Pies”

My youngest has started “stalking” your website! I believe he has a bit of a crush on you. hahaha Anyway, since he hasn’t been successful at getting me to make any of your whoopie pies, he’s started breaking the bottom off on his cupcakes and putting that piece of cake on top of the frosting and then eating it.

A lot of people eat cupcakes that way! Make some whoopies! I love them because they’re just so easy and a great treat to make the day before you need them. Just keep them in a tupperware in the fridge! They taste better cold anyway 🙂 Give these a shot if it’s your first time: http://www.yourcupofcake.com/2010/11/homemade-oreos.html

I liked to it where I mentioned it! Click the “my cookie scoop” part of the sentence above the scoop photo! I like the black or purple or cookies, blue if you want big cookies! And I like blue and yellow for cupcakes!

Hi! Just wanted to say that you are my number 1 role model! I am mormon too, currently a beehive. Also I love baking too! I started my own buissiness in the summer, and I have been loving it! Then, I started to think nobody really wanted to eat my stuff and just ate it to be nice. This was a downpoint for me until a came across your cookbook at The Deseret Book Store! It really just kinda lifted me up with all those amazing recipes. Let me just say that your book is the best I have ever seen! Now my buissiness, The Goodies In Life, is doing fantastic and quite a few orders are coming in. Anyway, cant wait till your next book comes out, wink wink.
With love,
Karina Houser

Oh thank you so much! You are too sweet! I have a product out that just got shipped to the stores (hopefully you’ll se it aroun) and another big book coming out in the Spring. Come find me at a book signing!

Do you think I would be able to make one large cookie with this mix. Sort of like they make those large chocolate chip cookies?
If so how long would I bake it? This would be for my wife’s 70th birthday. I just found this box in the pantry.

Yes you can! Cooking time… hmm… It just depends if you want a soft or a crunchier cookie ALSO depends on how big you want it though! I would say probably 15-20 minutes but that really will depend on how thick it is! Make sure to make a big “disk” out of the dough and not just make one HUGE dough ball 🙂

I just finished (with my wife’s help), and it came out great. We mixed 1/3 cup of mini-chocolate chips into the dough. Put dough in a 9 1/2 x 13 pan with 1/2 inch sides and spread completely. Used parchment paper on bottom and sprayed with Pam. Baked for 15 minutes and cooled. I’m going to frost with vanilla icing from the store laced with peppermint extract then sprinkle with the peppermint chips that came with the mix.